Fly-catcher.



W. A. L O. E. HEMENWAY.

FLY CATCHER.

APPLicATloN FILED MAR.7.1916,

Patented July 4, 1916.

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WILLIAM A. HEMENWAY AND ORA E. HEMENWAY, 0F COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON.

FLY-CATCHER.

Application filed March '7, 1916. Serial No. 82,603.

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Be it known that we, VILLIAM A. HEMEN- WAY and ORA E. HEMENWAY, citizens of the United States, residing at Cottage Grove, in the county of Lane, State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Fly-Catcher; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved fb7 catcher, and an object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind comprising a holder for sticky fly paper, for catching flies, which alight on the ceiling or side wall.

' Another object of the invention is to provide a ily catcher, which involves the same principle, as set forth, shown and claimed in the patent to William A. Hemenway and Ora E. I-Iemenway, Sept. 21, 1915, Patent No. 1,154,310, in so far as providing means to receive and hold a piece of sticky fly paper. In the above patent great difficulty has been experienced in using the fly catcher in said patent for sweeping and scraping the flies ofi'l the ceiling and side wall, for instance the flies fall adjacent the edge of the sticky fly paper, that is, without sticky -or adhesive material, therefore escaping. In the present device this disadvantage is materially avoided or obviated. For instance, the holder is so constructed, that it may be held or disposed on an angle'as shown in the drawings, whereby the uppermost edge of the holder may contact with the ceiling or side wall in a sweeping motion, so as to disturb the flies, which will fiy toward the sticky paper and alight thereon and be caught. After one lside of the paper is lled, the holder may be tilted upon an opposite angle and moved over the surface of the ceiling or side wall, so that the other 'half of the paper may be filled.

Another object of the invention is to otherwise improve, simplify and render more eilicient and practical, the construction of fly catcher set forth in said patent.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed. In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view in perspective, showing the holder disposed on an angle when sweeping the ceiling or side wall in one direction. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation, showing the holder tilted upon an opposite 'angle to that in Fig. 1 in sweeping the ceiling or side wall in an opposite direction. Fig. 3 is a sectional view transversely on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Patenten July 4, 191e.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates a plate constructed of any suitable sheet metal, preferably tin, and

which may be any suitable size and shape. v

However, in the present case this plate is of an elongated rectangular contour having its,v opposite longitudinal side portions bent upon themselves to form the flanges 3, which overlie the face of the plate and spaced apart therefrom, to provide guides 4, to receive a sheet of sticky fly paper, which may be iny serted in said guide from either end of the plate. These flanges are re-bent, as shown v at 6, to provide laterally extending additional ianges 7, which constitute guard means, to prevent the fiies from escaping, or falling beyond the plate, and insuring that they will strike or alight on the sticky part of the paper. Adjacent each end of the plate a tang is-struck up, and after inserting the fly paper in the guide the tang may be bent towardthe plate and in contact with the fly paper to hold' the same secure.

The opposite end edge portions are bent upon themselves, thereby forming strengthening ribs 9 for the plate,as well as strengthening and reinforcing the tangs 10, where they a-rc struck up from the plate. The 0pposite face of the plate of the holder is provided with a pair of laterally extending ears 11, between which upon a pin 12, a socket member 13 is pivoted, lthere being a thumb nut, to hold the socket member in different adjusted positions, whereby the holder for the sticky fly paper may be held at different angles relative to the ceiling or side wall. A handle la is designed to engage the socket member,4 to support the holder in the desired manner, whereby it may be swept across the ceiling or side wall in angular position, so that the flies inleaving the surface of the ceiling or side wall will alight upon the sticky fly paper, and therefore become caught.

The invention having been set forth, is claimed as new and useful is:

In a fly catcher, a holder for sticky fly paper comprising a plate having its longitudinal side portions bent upon themselves y 'y `1,190,165 l to form overlying flanges, thereby providing longitudinal oppositely disposed grooves between the flanges and the plate for the reception of a sheet of sticky fly paper, said flanges being rebent to form laterally extending additional flanges, constituting Iguards to prevent the flies from esca ing or .falling beyond the plate, said ad itional flanges having their extreme end portions bent upon themselves to reinforce the flanges, the ends of the plate having struckup lugs or tongues to be bent over the ends of the :Hy paper, the ends of the plate'being bent upon themselves forming ribs or thickened parts, to reinforce the late, and a pivotal adjustable handle soc {et secured centrally to the under face of the plate.

In testimony whereof we have signed ou] names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM A. HEMENWAY. ORA E. HEMENWAY.

Witnesses J. O. THORNTON, It. F. ADAM. 

